101 Soups for All Seasons from 101 Soups for All Seasons

101 Soups for All Seasons

101 Soups for All Seasons

Erin Scott

Whether you’re looking for a chicken soup to help stop the cold you’re coming down with or a pumpkin soup to serve at Thanksgiving, it’s time to break out your favorite Dutch oven or soup pot and get cooking.

Slow Cooker Lemon Chicken and Orzo Soup

Asian Chicken with Pea Soup

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Use bone-in chicken breast to make this simple chicken soup. Coconut aminos, made from coconut tree sap, and found in some health food and some grocery stores, works as a soy-sauce replacement; soy sauce will work just as well if you can’t get ahold of some.

Greek Avgolemono Soup

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Traditional Greek chicken soup is brightened up with lemon juice and zest and thickened by tempering eggs; pour some hot soup into the eggs to warm them up without scrambling them and then add into the pot of soup for a creamy, custardy effect.

Cheesy Potato Slow Cooker Soup

Curried Sweet-Potato Apple Soup

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The perfect soup for a fall afternoon, sweet potatoes and tart apples are quickly cooked in the microwave and blended with vegetable broth, unsweetened apple juice, and low-fat yogurt for a healthy meal.

Onion Soup with Bacon, Winter Herbs, and Gruyère Recipe

Creamy White Turnip Soup with Spring Onions and Roasted Garlic

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Salty prosciutto balances a rich, vegetable-heavy soup. Turnip greens, much like beet greens, are edible; if they're attached to the turnips, sauté the turnips in some olive oil and garlic for a tasty side dish.

Tortilla Soup

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The bold flavors of ancho and pasilla chiles shake up traditional chicken soup. Cut down on the cook time for this soup and use a shredded store-bought rotisserie chicken instead of poaching a whole one in the soup.

Gypsy Celebration Soup

Miso Soup

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This miso soup has little in common with the bland soup you often get with takeout sushi. Kombu is a type of kelp that's used to flavor stocks and soup; you can find this and other ingredients, like miso paste, at some grocery stores and Asian specialty markets.

Fish Stock

Mushroom Stock

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Rehydrate dried mushrooms for a flavorful stock. Dried mushrooms may contain some grit, so be sure to rehydrate them in a tall container and don't use the liquid at the very bottom where the grit settles (or strain it through cheesecloth and add it to the stock).